Crime scene tape surrounds the area around 27 Rowley St, the home of Dr. William Lewek, at center, where the body of Matthew Straton was found in the backyard.

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It was around midnight on Wednesday that Paul Wiele got the word from Rochester police: There was a body buried in his backyard.

Then the panic set in.

"How else do you react to that other than saying to yourself, 'What the hell is going on?' " said Wiele, who rents an apartment with his fiancée in the rear of the house at 27 Rowley St., where court papers show the owner, Dr. William Lewek, admitted hiding the remains of Matthew Straton. ...